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Location is NOT meaningless. It is common practice for companies who have offices in many locations to vary salary by location (I used to get a 25 percent boost
by kabdib 14y ago
Location is NOT meaningless. It is common practice for companies who have offices in many locations to vary salary by location (I used to get a 25 percent boost because I was working in Silly Valley).
Go the "we pay everyone the same, regardless of location" and you'll end up with either (a) a bunch of workers who are artificially dispersed, and less effective as a team, or (b) fewer good people, because your competitors are paying much more in desirable areas.
[A dispersed team is not necessarily bad, but it's a /skill set/ and it doesn't work for all types of projects, for all types of people].
- flyinRyan 14y agoMy point is; the employees in those other locations should be demanding that 25% boost as well and if they don't get it they should continue looking for positions. I'm assuming you're a capitalist, right? Do you think what you do is worth 25% more than what they do? Obviously you don't because you just admitted this was because of location (i.e. otherwise they're the same). So what is the market justification for paying these other employees 25% less? Are there more people willing to work in those locations? Of course not. The companies are manipulating those people into thinking that paying them less for creating the same value because their cost of living is lower.
- kabdib 14y ago> Are there more people willing to work in those locations? In this case (and others I am aware of), yes.